Downtown Nantucket Nantucket, Massachusetts
Opened
2024
Price
$$$$
Rated for
Design Luxe SocialOutside the door
The house
Salt HotelsCedar-shingled coastal retreat
Jeep wharf pickups give way to crushed shell paths, lawn games, and evening firepits set among blooming hydrangea bushes.
“The collection of three 17th-century replica buildings ... is centered around a grassy courtyard and channels a bed and breakfast.”
What it’s good at
Notable
Exposed oak post-and-beam ceilings, bleached floors, and glazed bathroom tiles inside cedar-shingled replica barns.
Notable
Wharf pickups in sporty Jeeps, custom pillow-top mattresses, and attentive staff packing beach gear hampers.
Listed
The Barn serves morning espresso and evening spritzes spilling onto a lawn with firepits.
What they say
One Michelin Key
Michelin
Also in Condé Nast Traveler.
Discreetly hidden within a trio of 17th-century-style houses in Nantucket’s Brant Point is one of the island’s finest hotels: The Brant.
Right in the middle
Well-located: walkable to some things, a short ride to more.
Quiet residential lanes lead to Jetties Beach in one direction and the gaslamp-lit cobblestones of downtown Nantucket in the other.
The rooms
Clean neutral spaces feature custom pillow-top mattresses, featherweight duvets, spacious rain showers, and coastal fine-art photography by Michael Gaillard.
The pool
Bring a swimsuit.
A saltwater plunge pool sits on a raised timber deck beside the barn, lined with loungers.
Dogs stay too.
Bar
The Barn
Stools line the paneled counter for craft cocktails and rosé flights beneath warm copper pendants.
At the table
Daily breakfast brings house-made granola, fresh pastries, and chia parfaits served at cafe tables with espresso.
How it began
Replacing the former Brant Point Inn, the retreat takes its design cues from the area's agrarian past rather than maritime tropes.
Good to know
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How we rate hotels.
The medals
Gold
Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed
A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
The eight vibes
Design
Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe
Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local
It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Social
Where the city goes out. The bar is full and the night is young.
Heritage
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness
You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic
The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort
A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.
The scene
Lively
Where things happen: restaurants, shops, people.
Central
Well-located: walkable to some things, a short ride to more.
Quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
Secluded
A place apart: the property is the destination.